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| David Bailly Classical Bust 1625 drawing Rijksmuseum |
Rome was so great it could not beare it selfe:
So when this world's compounded union breakes,
Time ends and to old Chaos all things turne;
Confused stars shal meete, celestiall fire
Fleete on the flouds, the earth shoulder the sea,
Affording it no shoare, and Phoebe's waine,
Chace Phoebus and inrag'd affect his place,
And strive to shine by day, and ful of strife
Disolve the engins of the broken world.
All great things crush themselves, such end the gods,
Allot the height of honor, men so strong
By land, and sea, no forreine force could ruine:
O Rome thy self art cause of all these evils –
– from the Pharsalia of Lucan (AD 39-65) translated by Christopher Marlowe
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| Theodore Matham Two Roman Busts 1640 engraving Rijksmuseum |
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| Cherubino Alberti after Polidoro da Caravaggio Putti with Garland 1596 engraving Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Jan Frans van Bloeman Obelisk late 17th century etching British Museum |
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| Giulio Bonasone after Polidoro da Caravaggio Terms with Nymph and Sylvanus ca. 1545-50 engraving Victoria & Albert Museum |
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| Jacques Prévost after Polidoro da Caravaggio Terms with Satyrs 1535 engraving Victoria & Albert Museum |
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| Nicoletta da Modena Mercury ca. 1500-1510 engraving British Museum |
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| Nicoletta da Modena Triton carrying a Child ca. 1507 engraving British Museum |
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| Nicoletta da Modena Beleraphon and Pegasus ca. 1500-1510 engraving British Museum |
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| Marcantonio Raimondi Satyr and Sleeping Nymph ca. 1510-27 engraving British Museum |
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| Marco da Ravenna Bacchus with Panther ca.1510-27 engraving British Museum |
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| Giovanni Maria Pomadelli Hercules and the Nemean Lion 1534 engraving British Museum |
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| François Perrier after Raphael Venus and Cupid 1625-45 etching British Museum |
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| François Perrier after Raphael Mercury 1625-45 etching Philadelphia Museum of Art |